Linotype-machine.



PATENIED AUG. 1, 1905 I J. R. ROGERS. LINOTYPE MACHINE,

APPLICATION FILED MAY 5, 1905.

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JOHN R. ROGERS, OF BROOKLYN, NEWV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO MERGEN- THALER LINOTYPE COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 1, 1905.

Application filed May 5, 1905. Serial No. 258,971.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JoHN R. RoeERs, of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Linotype-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My invention has reference to linotype-machines of the general organization represented in United States Letters Patent No. 436,532 and special reference to the so-called linedelivery carriage by which the composed line of matrices and spacers after being raised from the composing level is carried horizontally to the elevator or carrier, by which it is lowered to the casting position.

The line-delivery carriage as heretofore constructed in various forms includes two depending fingers and spring connections by which these fingers are drawn together in order to confine the line of matrices endwise between them while it is being transferred bythe movement of the carriage. The employment of these springs under the different conditions encountered in practice is attended by various difficulties unnecessary to detail herein.

The aim of the present invention is to do away with the employment of the spring and still secure proper movement of the confining-fingers in relation to each other and the necessary adjustability to provide for change in the length of the lines composed.

To this end it consists, broadly, in combining with the delivery-fingers, one of which is movable in relation to the other, friction devices to retain the fingers in the different positions to which they are moved.

In the drawings I have illustrated only those parts of the machine whichare necessary to an understanding of my invention. It is to be understood that all the other parts may be of any ordinary or suitable construction.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the lineassembler, transfer-carriage, and attendant parts, the carriage being shown in its two extreme positions. Fig. 2 is a cross-section on the line 2 2 of the preceding figure. Fig. 3 is a cross-section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the rigid main frame of the machine; B, the vertically-movable assembler, in which the matrices C and intermediate spacers D are composed or assembled in line side by side in the usual manner.

E represents the movable line-delivery carriage, mounted to slide horizontally in grooved guides in the main frame and provided with two depending fingers e and a, corresponding to the fingers L and L of Patent No. 436,532.

After the composition, of the line is completed and while the carriage E is in the position shown at the right hand in Fig. 1 the elevator B is raised until the matrices are presented between the fingers e and a. While the elevator is in this position the carriage E is moved horizontally to the position shown at the left hand in Fig. 1, thereby carrying the line to the left out of the elevator B and through the intermediate channel M, forming a part of the main frame, into the vertically-movable elevator N, by which the line is lowered from its position between the fingers and e to the casting position between the two jaws p and 19 the several parts mentioned in this sentence corresponding to those bearing like letters in the patent above referred to.

The carriage E, to which my invention relates, consists of the body or slide having the short right-hand finger e rigidly fixed thereto and the left-hand finger e mounted on a horizontal rod 0 seated in the carriage, having a limited end motion in the ears 6 formed on the slide. per end a plunger 6, urged forward by a spiral spring a and bearing at its forward end with frictional effect on the smooth face of the main frame A, this frictional engagement tending to prevent the horizontal movement of the finger. The upper endof the finger is preferably extended rearward and turned upward into the guiding-groove in the main frame, as shown at a Fig. 2, this to assist in guiding the finger in securing the desired friction.

The composed and unjustified line of matrices when lifted between the fingers by the assembler B is of less than its final length and of a length less than that between the fingers. When the carriage is moved to the left from its receiving position by the usual mechanism, the finger e is held at rest by the friction devices until the forward end of the line is carried against it by the advance of finger e. In this manner the fingers are brought nearer together, so that the line is closely confined between them. The power applied to advance the carriage is sufficient to overcome Thefinger contains in its up- I original receiving position.

I and the line may be carried downward from its position between them without any tendency on the part of the fingers to disturb the position of the matrices laterally.

Itis desirable that the fingers when in the receiving position shall have a maximum separation, but slightly in excess of the length of the line. I therefore provide the rod 6 with a collar 0, secured thereto by a set-screw e or equivalent device, permitting it to be moved laterally and. fixed at any required point. This collar limits the movement of the finger along the rod to the left. When the carriage is moved from its delivering position at the left toward the right, the finger e is held at rest by the friction devices until it is acted upon by the collar 6, by which it is carried forward with the carriage to its (Shown on the right in Fig. l.)

The essence of my invention consists in the combination, with the finger e, of a friction device in any form which will tend to resist I its movement as the carriage is moved to advance of the line, and a friction device to resist the movement of the last-named finger.

2. In a linotype-machine, the main frame, a power-driven carriage E. provided with means for advancing the matrix-line laterally, a finger to resist the advance of the line, and friction devices connecting said finger with the main frame.

3. In a linotype-machine, the line-delivery carriage E, its relatively movable finger 0, having an arm guided in the main frame, and afriction device carried by the finger and acting on the main frame.

4. In a linotype-machine, the combination of the main frame, a horizontally-movable line-delivery carriage E, its fixed finger e, the rod 6 the finger movable on said rod, an adjustable stop for said finger, a friction device tending to prevent lateral movement, and a frictional connection between said finger and a stationary part of the machine.

5. The improved line-delivery carriage for a linotype-machine, provided with two fingers, one movable laterally in relation to the other, and a friction device carried by the movable finger.

6. The line-delivery carriage E, provided with a finger e, the rod 6 the finger a mounted thereon, the adjustable stop for said finger, and a friction device carried by the finger.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand, this 3d day of May, 1905, in the presence of two attesting witnesses.

JOHN R. ROGERS.

Witnesses:

DAVID S. KENNEDY, J. B. BUCKLEY. 

